World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Me personally, I consider modern around 1700s-current.

Not a clue WD40, im sure a UKer would know.

 

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Mainly cos "Three ha'pence" is much easier to say than "One and ha'pence"!

I have all the dates in allthese fractionals - quarter, third, half farthings and the three ha'pences EXCEPT the 1837 three ha'pence. I NEED this one, so if you happen to have one spare, please let me know!

Paddy

 

1.5 pence

We do say one and a half dollars. It's possible that they couldn't count in halves.

 

Queen 2012 Jubilee

Tested my new camera on my 2012 silver 5 pound Queen's Jubilee.

 

I was thinking why would the need 1.5 p, then I remembered that they have 3p, 6p and 12p "Shilling", so 1.5p fits nicely in the set.
The you have 2 Shillings = 1 Florin
5 Shillings = 1 Crown

So I think they really need to know how to count to be able to use old LSD money, it is really complicated by today's standards ..

 

It was likely confusing to them as well.

 

Guess it was about as confusing as those pre-metric units are for people in the US.

Christian

 

12 pence is a shilling and 5 shillings is crown while 2 is a florin. How many are Gilders, Thallers and Pounds.

The chaos of that system defies anything of the tradition of foot and miles. 12 inches make a foot, and 5 inches makes 5/12th of a foot, not an elbow

Amanda

 

You also have a half crown "two and a half shillings"

But they changed the system now, foots and yards are still in use.

 

Here is coin issue from Turkey part of Nature Series the Golden Eagle has a diamond eye. The coin is not in the best condition.

 

Thats neat.

 

Peruvian collection coming along

Got these today. Nice silver coins for a good price.

KM 196.3 1868 Peru YB SOL. Slight brown toning.



KM 196.22 1885 Peru TD SOL. Slight blue toning.

 

I have one too as with the smaller denominations. No pics though. Its one of my favorite modern designs.

 

The 5 decimos type SOL

Picked them up this morning. These were minted in the US for Lima indicated by small letering vs. larger for Lima mint. They are more common than large lettering, but have some nice toning.


KM 218.1 1924 Peru SOL (small letters)



KM 218.1 1926 Peru SOL (small letters)

 

Nice. Would appear to be original coins, something pretty elusive for such a common coin. For every nice original example there are a dozen messed-up coins that have either been cleaned or have some other problems.

 

That's right. High mintage but somewhat difficult to find in good condition. I do not buy any coins from the internet. I make an effort to see the coin and meet the seller before buying it. Makes things more interesting.

 

not exactly a coin, but I thought I would share anyway. This is a british sterling silver sovereign case made in 1912. This specific case was used by gentleman to hold gold sovereigns. A full and a half for this specific case. Most cases that I have come across are bulky and thick. This is is very thin and tactile which is what drew my attention to it

 

nice piece fred ..

 

Thanks, I normally don't collect silver antiques nor British coins for that matter, but when I stumbled across this piece I really liked the look of it

 

Nice, now just add some sovereigns